Water agencies and stakeholders

​​​Agencies at all levels of government have a role in the management of Australia’s water resources. This page lists some of the major national and state organisations involved.

Australian Government

• Bureau of Meteorology—water info
• Commonwealth Environmental Water
• Murray-Darling Basin Authority
• National Water Grid Authority
• Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme

Other Australian Government departments and programs

• Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)
• Australian Bureau of Statistics
• Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
• CSIRO—Water
• Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
• Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
• Geoscience Australia
• Infrastructure Australia

State and territory agencies

Australian Capital Territory

• Environment and Planning Directorate—Environment

New South Wales

• NSW Office of Water, Department of Primary Industries
• Sustaining the Basin
• NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
• Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal
• WaterNSW
• NSW Wetland recovery program

Northern Territory

• Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Queensland

• Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
• North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority

South Australia

• Department for Environment and Water

Tasmania

• Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment

Victoria

• Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

Western Australia

• Department of Water – WA Water Online​